Thursday, April 22, 2010

Our little angel is not sleeping well at all. Her sleep habits have actually gotten worse, instead of better. She is up 2-4 times a night which means I'm only sleeping a couple hours at a time. Then to top it off, she isn't really napping either. If I can get two 40 minute naps out of her I'm thankful and one of those naps is typically in the car. I'm completely exhausted!!! Please pray we get her sleeping regulated SOON!!! I'm so tired. With that being said, she is still completely darling!! Here are some photos which prove that fact!!!

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Good:(Other than the fact that she's perfect!!!! Just like all my children!)She is becoming more and more vocal (lots of babbling, screaming, and "talking")She is really starting to take to her brothers (gives them kisses and will let them hold her)We're making lots of good eye-contact and getting plenty of smilesStarting to get a nap schedule: 30-40 min. in the morning, 1-2 hours in the afternoon.Growing accustomed to her carseat and usually doesn't scream while it in anymore

The Bad: Night: she usually wakes up 2 times for a bottleShe cries in her sleep off and on throughout the night (it always wakes me up) …because of the prior two bullets…I'm exhausted.If were around a lot of strangers, and they hold her a lot…she melts down after we leave, won't eat, and I end up holding her the rest of the day, while feeding her bottles. Its clearly still overwhelming for her.She is teething … and you know how teething babies are.

We think things are really coming along fabulously; especially when you consider she has only been home a little over two weeks! She is so perfect for our family!! She laughs when the boys wrestle, and loves all their attention. She loves to climb into things; buckets, baskets, toy boxes etc… and it makes us laugh! We are so blessed!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

ADdison at the end of our 10 hour flight from Seoul to San Fransisco. She slept the whole flight and was very happy!

On our flight to San Fransisco, this sweet Korean lady kept talking to Addison and making her laugh thoughout the flight. While we were waiting for our Denver flight, we ran into the same lady who was also going to Denver. She came over and played with her and Addison loved her!! She laughed, squeeled and was so happy! (I think Addison was delighted to her someone speaking Korean..poor baby.)

Once we got home, the boys couldn't wait to play with her. She was completely exhausted, overwhelmed, and not in the mood to play...as you can see.

Addison didn't sleep well that first night, and I was completely exhausted from being up with her and the jetlag. I felt sick I was so tired.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Side note: Nights have gotten better. Its still a struggle and take tons of time ot get her calm and asleep, but there are signs its getting better.

Our plane didn't leave Seoul until 5pm, so we went to a nearby palace earlier in the day before leaving. She did great and loved being outside! (That was the palace where we went on the Japanese tour!)

We wanted Addison to have some play time before boarding the plane, so we found this great little playroom in the Seoul airport. While there, we ran into two other Holt babies being escorted home! They were adorable!

Addison did SO wonderfully on on trip home! We were so happy this went so smoothly!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Here is the Kia headquarters building in downtown Seoul. Other major industries in Korea are Samsung and Hyundai.

Many of the toilets were quite elaborate! See the rectangular button on the left side? There were a variety of options on those buttons such as "flushing sound" and many other cleaning options! It was really funny. I didn't know what to push!

The shopping in Seoul was simply incredible!!! There were little shops like this one everywhere; on the side walk, in the subway...everywhere. They sold t-shirts, coats, tons of shoes, and many other things at these little shops. I would never make it to work on time if I lived there! (...and I'd be broke because I LOVED all the shoppping. It was amazing)

Other observations:

The Koreans are very well-dressed people. I've never seen so many people wearing heels!

Very, very few Koreans are overewieght.

Korean stores always had incredible customer service!!! (amazing!!)

The Koreans were very polite and helpful

The city, airport, and subway were all very, very clean, but we could never find a trashcan?!

Pop is very hard to find and when you do find it, it's expensive. (I did miss Diet Coke!)

We had time to kill before our 5pm flight so we walked over to Changdeokgung Palace. It was much bigger than the other palace and more impressive. We showed up at 10:30, but discovered that you can only take guided tours. The only tour starting at 10:30 was the Japanese tour, so we grabbed an English guide book and toured the palace with the Japanese group!! It was hysterical! Taking a break!! She LOVES to be "worn" in that carrier!

The King's throne in the throne hall.

Here we are with the Japanese tourists.

Addie & I at the palace

The entrance to the palace.

Addie in her favorite holder!

Addie playing at our hotel room.

Daddy feeding her a bottle.

Sweetness!

She loved this pink rubber ducky. It sqeeked and she loved biting it...like she is here.